The community was the inspiration for a nature play area. We created various working groups for the waterfront development and one of the groups focused on recreation. Their first project idea was the Nature Play Area.
Read MoreIt’s June and that means the peloton of Pedalpalooza rides are already pulling away, catch up!
Pedalpalooza is “a month-long celebration of bicycles and bike culture” put on by a planning committee known as Shift. Portlanders plan rides and Shift helps them get the word out. You can join rides celebrating pretty much anything worth celebrating.
Read More“Balancing technical aspects like grading, drainage, and customized detailing while preserving trees and working within the existing footprint made it an extremely challenging project,” lead designer and GreenWorks project manager Ben Johnson says. Ben worked with great partners to overcome the site’s challenges with responsive design. The GreenWorks team wanted to compel kids, all kids, to play in creative ways. That meant we needed to create a unique place.
Read MoreSpringtime around GreenWorks means the annual wildflower hike. This year we headed for Memaloose State Park along the Columbia River, just past Mosier. Sometimes the hike gets scheduled a bit too late and we miss ‘peak bloom’. We got it right this year.
Read MoreThis year has us cultivating more connections than ever before—that's why we’re launching our first quarterly newsletter!
Read MoreThe Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility, a project GreenWorks participated in, has been named Project of the Year by the Washington State American Public Works Association. “This project is a great example of how to leverage large public infrastructure projects for multiple benefits,” says Gill Williams, principal at GreenWorks. “The key here is advancement in wastewater treatment technology that allows communities to place these facilities in places that, before now, were out of bounds.”
Read MoreOne of our colleagues has been setting aside some of her favorite pieces as the GreenWorks office goes paperless.
Read MoreIntegrating people and nature through creative and sustainable design.
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